The owner of a Clemmons laundry business escaped severe injury from a fire Tuesday morning.
Thuy Pham said she tried unsuccessfully to extinguish flames that broke out in the storage room of Clemmons Laundry Land Laundromat at Westwood Village Shopping Center at around 10 a.m.
As firefighters from multiple departments remained on the scene of the fire, Pham sat with family members on a curb in the parking lot under the shade of a tree.
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Sweat beaded on Pham’s face as she fielded phone calls.
Gray, singed strands curled from her otherwise straight, black hair, and a heat blister remained above her right eyebrow. A red burn was also evident on her right forearm.
“I was the only one in there, so everybody’s OK,” Pham said after ending one call and then taking another.
Pham added that she was unsure how the fire started. Fire officials had not identified the cause as of early Tuesday afternoon.
The fire appeared to spread to the roof area of the single-story line of businesses. Ladder trucks in the front and rear of the building offered access to the roof, where at least a dozen firefighters remained after the flames were brought under control.
Smoke spread to neighboring businesses, including Deluxe Spa & Nails, Domino’s Pizza, Dance Explosion School of Performing Arts and Gabe’s.
Firefighters from Clemmons, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County and Smith Grove were among the responders.
John Deem covers the Triad for the Winston-Salem Journal and Greensboro News & Record. Contact him at john.deem@lee.net
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